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Loder joined MTV in 1987 as the host of their flagship music news program, The Week in Rock. [8] It was later expanded and renamed to MTV News in which he was an anchor and correspondent. [8] Loder was one of the first to break the news of Kurt Cobain's death; he interrupted regular programming to inform viewers that Cobain was found dead. [9]
In the building where Kurt Loder delivered news with his trademark deadpan authority, “You Hear It First” was the mantra — and when fans saw the iconic spinning globe on the TV screen ...
When they hired Kurt Loder, I knew that was what Kurt was going to be doing — that he was going to do all the big interviews. And I just thought, “Now's the time to go.” Alan: I was the last ...
Since launching with the Kurt Loder-hosted The Week in Rock in 1987, MTV News helped chronicle, and define, decades worth of iconic pop culture and political moments. For …
MTV News began in 1987 with the program The Week in Rock, hosted by long time Rolling Stone writer/music critic Kurt Loder, the first official MTV News correspondent. Beginning in 1990, the opening riff to Megadeth's "Peace Sells" was the main opening theme for The Week in Rock.
During an MTV interview in 1998, Kurt Loder pointed out the incorrect usage, in her book of poetry, of the word "casualty" (instead of the intended "casualness") to ...
For Gen X and older millennials, MTV News was the go-to source for information that mattered to them. Now that it's shuttered, several former staffers reflected on their work.
The network ultimately evacuated its entire crew amidst the violence on Sunday night. Longtime anchor Kurt Loder likened the experience to covering news in a war zone, particularly during the final night as concertgoers began violently attacking the news trucks and reporters: [125] It was dangerous to be around. The whole scene was scary.